Funny is back!

For years, I've only been interested in one-hour dramas. To me, that was really all that was on. Even now, some of my favorites are Friday Night Lights, Lost, FlashForward, Medium, 24, and Lie to Me.

But this year, something has changed. Either I've decided I would rather laugh, or comedies have gotten better!

My husband and I, during the summer re-run season, found out that we actually love Two and a Half Men, and that was the first new (at least, new to us) half-hour comedy that we wanted to let take up space on our DVR. Before that, the only one was How I Met Your Mother, and it is still taking up space, too!

Soon to follow was The Big Bang Theory, which doesn't always bring the major laughs, but is sometimes pretty dang hilarious.

Then, the new season started. Me, like I said, I'm usually a drama girl. My list of new shows I wanted to watch included The Vampire Diaries and the new Melrose Place. I decided the new vampire show was not for me before it even aired, and hated the new Melrose Place one episode in.

Then, the "real" television reviewers started talking about a new comedy on ABC called Modern Family. It was supposed to be the next Arrested Development. Problem was, my husband and I never liked Arrested Development. But, low and behold I got an email with a link to the premiere episode and decided to give it a try.

Let me say, I wasn't halfway through before I called dear husband and told him he absolutely, positively, had to see this show! Especially the part where one of the fathers in the show accidentally shoots the daughter's boyfriend with a toy gun! I could see our family in the show, not necessarily yet since our daughters aren't the age for dating yet, but someday. And the other kids in that family are always fighting, so we can definitely relate to that! We were hooked and our DVR had another comedy taking up space.

Then, a co-worker told me about The Middle, another comedy and this one has Patricia Heaton from Everybody Loves Raymond and the very good but failed Back to You (the father I mention above in Modern Family was also in Back to You -- just a quick side note). Heaton plays Frankie Heck, the mother in a middle class family who also works as a car salesman. I know, the premise sounds "plain," but this show is simply hilarious! I came to the show late, so I've only seen a few episodes, but when Frankie and her husband have to deal with a social worker after Frankie accidentally hits their son in the arm with a beer bottle (after frantically cleaning up the house to try to meet the trash truck --- yes, I know it isn't as funny in writing), I thought "that could totally be us!" Of course, the only reason they are having to deal with the social worker is because the son, who was told "please don't tell anyone mommy hit you with a beer bottle" promptly tells someone at school who asks "what happened to your arm?"...."Mommy told me not to tell." That always goes well, doesn't it?

So, The Middle goes into the DVR schedule, and my DVR is in overdrive! In fact, I think it might be time for a third one.

Can I write about music on my TV blog?

I can't remember the last time I bought a cd for me. Something that wasn't High School Musical, Hannah Montana or the Jonas Brothers. Don't get me wrong. I love letting the girls play "their" songs in the car, but every once in a while, I'd like to sing as loud as I can in the car to something a bit more adult.

I also can't remember the last time I played a cd over and over and over again. But yesterday I got the new cd by Kelly Clarkson and it is quintessential Kelly Clarkson. Kelly Clarkson is back. I honestly didn't hate her last cd, but it was nothing to write home about. This one....well, I'm writing about music on my TV blog, so I must love it!

The first single, "My Life Would Suck Without You" is fun, upbeat, dancable, cool to jam with in the car (but not the really cool to let the kids to sing to)...all in all, just great. After two days of listening to it and nothing else, there isn't a song on the entire cd that I don't like. My standouts are "Already Gone," an incredible ballad about a relationship that just wasn't meant to be, and "I Want You," a bubblegum treat that I defy you to try to not sing along to in the car! The girls even love it and have picked up the words already, thus allowing me to finally have something to play in the car from a vocalist over 25!!

Get it. Love it. Never look back at that Kelly Clarkson that took a little detour. Because she has found her way back.

Okay, okay, I'll update this thing!

I've been asked by a few friends "Where are your blog updates?" so I figured it was time to update this thing. Here's my problem. I don't have many nice things to say about TV these days!

I'm pissed that ABC canceled Dirty Sexy Money, Pushing Daisies, and Eli Stone and never bothered to give us even a tiny bit of closure. Why the hell did I waste my time watching any of them? Right now, I'm so pissed at ABC I refuse to watch Castle even though I've heard it is pretty good and I love Nathan Fillion (have you seen him in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog? Fab U Lous!)

I'm pissed at NBC for canceling My Own Worst Enemy, and, again, no closure. Why? It's like reading half a book that you like a lot, then having someone rip it in half and destroy the last half. And there are no more copies of the book anywhere on earth.

So, I'm sticking with the only show I know will get some closure. Lost. Finally, this season, we are getting some answers. I think putting a definitive end on the show was the best thing that could have happened to it. Now the producers and writers know they can start giving us answers. Of course, with every answer we get more questions, but none of that matters. Because after every episode, I am counting down the hours until the next. They even took a character I didn't care about too much either way (Juliet) and turned her relationship with Sawyer into my new favorite television pairing (okay, Coach Taylor and Mrs. T will always be my absolute number one, but James/Juliet are a close second). Then stupid Kate has to show up and ….oh, who knows what will happen. But the best thing is, something will happen, and it won't be years down the road! Because Lost is ending and we all know it and the writers are writing towards that end. And I just know it will all be worth it. Because I won't have half a stupid book in my hands.